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I think I have found an answer to my question. Please check the following link for details:

http://www.ros.org/wiki/pcl_ros

Section 4 "ROS C++ Interface" on the above web-page clearly mentions how it can be achieved. I still need to try it out and will update the answer once I can successfully visualize my pcl::PointCloud<T> data in rviz.

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